Monthly Archives: January 2012

The kids and I did an evening run to the grocery store last night.  Bad idea.  We joined the checkout line somewhere near the back wall of the store.  I noticed some odd behavior by some men on the street, … Continue reading →

You may be wondering whether we’ve disappeared off the face of the earth or, more importantly, why we’ve posted no pictures recently!!  Things have been busy, lighting has been poor, and Nathaniel comes running as soon as he spies the … Continue reading →

“Gentle, gentle, ‘thaniel.  Just like yesterday.”  [as in, like I told them yesterday, when I handed over the biscuit tins that will serve as toy boxes for our house] That little exchange is the only evidence I have that anyone … Continue reading →

“There is no ‘finished,’ anyway: There’s just the latest FedEx pickup time on the day before your deadline.” Erin

http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/01/20/dear-governor-lobby-to-save-a-love-of-reading/ This is very sad.  I went to public school, learned a great deal from my teachers, and was encouraged to range far and wide in my reading–and rereading.  I thought only little kids mistook reading for a competition, but … Continue reading →

This evening, in a rare moment of peace, Sydney and I both sat in the livingroom and watched Katherine employ Nathaniel in a game of imagination: she fed him “pear-plum pie” from her bowl, with her favorite spoon, and he … Continue reading →

Our weekend didn’t go quite as planned, so I’m afraid none of us are as refreshed as we might have hoped.  It’s a good thing I don’t believe in fates, otherwise I might think they were conspiring against us!  This … Continue reading →

Sydney had a Skype interview yesterday, and we all took a deep breath when it was over.  The pressure leading up to it (and my rather desperate attempts to keep the kids quiet during it!) have taken a bit of … Continue reading →

I’m working in the living room, Katherine is in her crib on the middle floor, and Sydney is working on the top floor, with Nathaniel stretched out next to him, asleep. But the whole house is filled with “Eee–iii—ee–oooo.  And … Continue reading →

I thought that, once you become a parent, all parents would look alike.  Some would be more or less frazzled or stylish, depending on the temperament of both parents and children, and some would opt for noisy toys and others … Continue reading →